Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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ISBN: 9781308841380
Author: David H. Marshall, Wayne W. McManus, Daniel F. Viele
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.32P

Problem 5.32

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Cost flow assumptions-FIFO, LIFO, and weighted average using a periodic system The following data are available for Sellco for the fiscal year ended on January 31, 2017:

    Sales 3,200 units
    Beginning inventory 1,000 units @ $8
    Purchases, in chronological order 1,200 units @ $10

1,600 units @ $12

800 units @ $16

Required:

a. Calculate cost of goods sold and ending inventory under the following cost flow assumptions (using a periodic inventory system):

  1. FIFO.
  2. LIFO.
  3. Weighted average. Round the unit cost answer to two decimal places and ending inventory to the nearest $10.

b. Assume that net income using the weighted-average cost flow assumption is $232,000. Calculate net income under FIFO and LIFO.

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